The Soviet literature is quiet on the matter of the Gosplan reward
system, but former Gosplan employees shed light on this issue. They
reported that Gosplan translated Council of Ministers directives
faithfully into operational plans even if this meant constructing unre
alistic plans. They also reported that Gosplan had no choice but to
accept the sectoral and economywide growth targets handed down by
the political leadership through the Council of Ministers. Even in its
capacity as a technical expert on planning, Gosplan was not in a posi
tion to resist growth targets that it felt were not achievable. One
former Gosplan employee cited the cases of a republican Gosplan
official being fired for arguing for lower, more realistic targets and of
a "scandal" created by an internal projection of declining growth
rates. According to one former Gosplan employee, "It is impossible to
construct a plan without growth [bez rosta]."
这就有点意思了。
